This railway is a real experience for the casual user or the train enthusiast. It offers a six mile journey through this beautiful area...

This museum is located within the 18th Century brass works that belonged to William Champion. The first commercial production of zinc in Europe was...

Horseworld in Whitchurch, is the visitor centre of The Friends of Bristol Horses Society, one of the largest charitable equine rescue centres in Britain. The...

The celebrated Bristol Blue Glass has been made in the city for centuries. Glassmaking died out in Bristol soon after the Second World War, but...

One of the best loved monuments and museums in Bath and the surrounding areas, this interesting old piece of architecture is another reminder of the...

On the Bathwick side of the Avon is this popular walk beside the river. You can watch the weir waterfall from an open-air cafe, feed...

Victoria had little love of Bath and never visited it as queen. Still her long reign was celebrated here. The art gallery named after her...

This award-winning museum presents the extraordinary story of Britain’s former empire and its continuing impact. It offers sixteen galleries, special exhibitions, a cafe and a...

During the early Victorian railway rush companies sprang up to build railway lines across Britain. Bristol was the meeting point of the Great Western Railway...

Bristol Blue glass is famous. Bristol became a centre for glass making in the 17th century, but the industry died out in the city in...

St Mary Redcliffe is a parish church the size of a cathedral. Such splendour speaks of Bristol’s wealth. The city’s merchants could rival the resources...

The former Brunswick Congregational Chapel dominates the square. It was designed by William Armstrong in 1834. The huge Ionic columns of the portico hint of...

Leigh Woods is a characteristic British woodland habitat that has changed for many hundreds of years. Situated on the edge of Bristol, the National...

Once much of Bristol looked like this - though perhaps not as brightly painted. The seventeenth-century city centre was a mass of tightly-packed timber-framed houses,...

The first shot tower in the world was built on Redcliffe Hill by plumber William Watts. In 1782 he invented a way to make perfectly...

As late Georgian Bristol grew with a burst of squares and crescents, the new districts needed churches. In fact the residents of Brunswick and Portland...

LOT is housed in a 25000 square foot site over three levels, and comprises an artist-led collaborative art project in Bristol. The main exhibition...

Located at the very heart of the great city of Bristol, ROOM provides a first class artist run artspace and gallery. Operating since 2003,...

England’s greatest dramatist is honoured in quite a few pub names. This house was built only 20 years after Shakespeare’s death, if we accept the...

First mentioned in 1174 as St Jacobus-in-the-market, the church changed its dedication to St Philip and now has both saints as patrons, affectionately known as...

There is a long and proud history of industry in Bristol, and of course was the home and popular building site for industrial engineer Isambar...

King Street was built up outside the city wall in the reign of Charles II and named after him. Still today many of its 17th-century...

This peaceful park lies in Bathwick, across the river from the city centre. Opened to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, it...

This is the only one of Bath’s Georgian pleasure gardens to survive. When it opened in 1795 it was privately run and visitors paid an...

Anyone fascinated by buildings should feel at home here. The Bristol Centre for the Advancement of Architecture was founded in 1996. An 18th-century warehouse beside...

One of Europe’s leading centres for the contemporary arts, it has been housed since 1975 in Bush House, a former tea warehouse. Arnolfini’s international artistic...

Bristol has long been at the forefront of provincial theatre. Support for drama in the city encouraged the building of the Theatre Royal in 1764-6....

The Glenside Hospital Museum is filled with interesting artefacts and historical documents that help visitors to understand the history of this hospital, and the way...

Civil registration has literally taken over from the church here. In 1670 the Quakers of Bristol built the first meeting house on this site. William...

These are the only surviving friary buildings in Bristol. The Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans) were evangelists with a mission to towns. They were known...

A huge bronze beetle guards the entrance to Wildwalk, part of Bristol’s award-winning family attraction. Hands-on discovery is the keynote of @Bristol. Child-friendly interactive exhibits...

Watershed is the leading digital media centre in the south west of England, providing a unique opportunity for visitors to create, learn and be educated...

Watershed was Britain’s first Media Centre. It opened in 1982 in an intriguing building. E Shed was a simple, utilitarian dock transit shed, yet it...

The merchants of late Georgian Bristol wanted somewhere exclusive to meet. So they built themselves this elegant club in 1810. Impressed by the Lyceum at...

From the ashes of disaster sprang this green lung for the city centre. Once a great Norman castle stood here and a quarter of the...

The Quarter Jacks of Christ Church still ring out the quarter hour. Carved in 1728, the Jacks were made for the medieval church of Holy...

This unusual church was built into the old town wall, with its tower over the north gate. Chapels over town gates were not uncommon. But...

This is the one remaining city gate of Bristol. It was rebuilt by Bristol merchant Walter Frampton around 1380 along with the church of St...

This old church is a patchwork of styles. It has Norman pillars at the west end, while the east end is 15th-century. The most striking...

This quaint corner of Bristol is like a time capsule. Climbing the steps you pass reminders of every age from medieval to modern. The lampposts...